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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/64734687_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AIHF The US defense sector is under growing pressure to increase productionImage: Savanah Bray/U.S. Air Force/Zuma/picture alliance US President Donald Trump recently hosted executives from seven major defense contractors in the White House — part of an attempt by his administration to shore up the sector as the war against Iran intensifies.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76392474_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AXuF In Rhineland-Palatinate, the SPD incumbent Alexander Schweitzer (left) is running against his challenger from the CDU, Gordon SchniederImage: Marc John/Bonn.digital/picture alliance The largest US air base outside the United States is located in Ramstein, Rhineland-Palatinate. This state in southwestern Germany is also the ancestral home of US President Donald Trump. It’s…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76391478_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AWWU One of the blasts hit a large market area in Maiduguri city in the north eastImage: Jossy Ola/AP Photo/picture alliance At least 23 people were killed in a series of suspected suicide bombings, police in Nigeria‘s northeastern city of Maiduguri said on Tuesday. More than 100 other people were injured in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76387913_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AW46 Strike also reportedly injured 250 peopleImage: Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images Afghanistan accused Pakistan of carrying out an airstrike that killed at least 400 people at a drug treatment hospital in Kabul late Monday. Afghan officials said the strike hit the 2,000-bed rehabilitation facility at around 9 p.m. local time (1630 GMT), causing extensive damage…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76387801_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AVwD Rescue operations were underway at the site of accident in Kenyan capitalImage: Lucas Mukasa/Anadolu/picture alliance A plan to dismantle a building in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, went wrong, killing at least four people and injuring four others, the authorities said. According to a statement by the country’s interior ministry, the army and other institutions took…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76387532_6.jpg”] What lessons is North Korea learning from the Iran war? https://p.dw.com/p/5AVrF North Korea is watching the Iran war closely as Kim Jong Un sees recent strikes as a warning. Despite US shifts from “strategic patience” to failed diplomacy, Pyongyang has rapidly expanded its nuclear arsenal. With uncertain support from China and Russia, and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/70691928_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AV58 Many residents said the government’s warnings came too late to allow victims to prepare, and that the response to the floods had been too slow [FILE: November 4, 2024]Image: Eva Manez/REUTERS Valencia’s High Court has rejected a bid to indict former regional president Carlos Mazon for allegedly mismanaging the 2024 floods…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76327021_6.jpg”] India faces mounting LPG shortages as Iran war drags on https://p.dw.com/p/5AULN As the US‑Israel war with Iran shows no sign of easing, the Indian government has invoked emergency measures to boost domestic LPG production amid rising fears that energy supplies could run dangerously low. In New Delhi, the disruption is hitting businesses and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76382404_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AUZc Loved ones wait outside the hospital for news of their relativesImage: AFP A deadly fire broke out at a government-run hospital in the eastern Indian state of Odisha early on Monday, officials have confirmed. At least 10 critically ill patients lost their lives. “A short circuit caused the fire in the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76361292_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5ATrl German Environment Minister Carsten Schneider has presented the Climate Report 2025Image: Andreas Gora/dpa/picture alliance For many years, Germany was considered a pioneer in climate protection. Every German government presented an ambitious agenda to slash CO2 emissions at international climate conferences, and the country succeeded in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions for…